thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, al alice. congratulations to my fellow finalist in every single possible version of our world and, thank you all for joining me in this one. [applause] >> the dp. stands for david. he baby girl two weeks ago. he's a winner all around. [applause] -- in 2011, for which she received the national book critic circle award. she has been a fellow and won two foip from the national endowment for the arts and she's also published several novels. please help me welcome laura. ♪ >> what i did on my summer vacation. [laughter] this is a summer that a number of beliefs i'd helding to self-evident were debunked. the poets put in a metaphor call room together and told to agree on, well, anything, let alone deciding what the five most moving, beautifully crafted, humbling, deserving, and. mind-blowing books and a pile of hundreds of books could never in fact do so without bloodshed. i took on the task thinking that it would be mostly worthwhile and interesting. but then i would have four new enemy out there